How do you store a whole lotta LP's?


I'd like to put them in the living room next to the VPI cleaning machine and the turntable, and want it to look rather 'classy'....no milk cartons or anything like that acceptable.

Do you guys build racks, or buy them.... if so, where?

Got a few LP's now ....many more coming in the mail.
Heeeeeeeellllp. :))
jbatlanta
I tend to agree with Albert if you have the room and you want it to look classy, take a wall and build media shelves.I have built all my furniture over the years and have found it may be a little more costly in the long run BUT YOU WILL GET WHAT (YOU) WANT!!! Here is a few portable ideas. Billy Bags # 6650 66w/16d/50h three shelves holds 1200lps $1399.00 The other is boltz its holds 180lps per shelf you can add up 4 shelves thats 720 lps for $669.00 you can also add casters on that one David.
I use IKEA "bonde" bookcases with the glass doors & these look very nice. They are 56" or so and each single bookcase can hold four rows of records. They are about 15" deep, which I find is ideal as it also allows me to use dividers to seperate the records. As they are modular & have been an IKEA staple for a while now, hopefully they will be around in the future for expansion.

Hope this helps

Steve
Bookshelves, 12" deep, w/ adjustable shelves. Dividers are non-corrugated posterboard 13" deep, labeled A, B, W-Z, etc.
I think IKEA http://ikea.com has some great choices for storing LP's from the Bonde unit mentioned to IVAR, etc. Check it out.
I got cheap, appropriate sized book shelves from Staples. I only go three tiers high because I'm afraid my floor won't take the weight.

When I was single, I used one of those metal shelving units that are meant for garages - very cheap, holds over 1000 lps. I kept a sheer curtain in front of it to provide a little esthetic improvement and dust reduction.